“Foundation Size: 2,044” If you don’t know square feet, foundation sizes, etc., let me offer a quick tutorial. A typical 1 1/2 story home with 2,300 or so finished square feet usually has a foundation size around 1,200 square feet; another 700-800 finished square feet on the upper level; and perhaps 400-500 square feet in...Read More
Real Estate Measuring Mistakes(?) I’ve previously written about homes I’ve shown as a Buyer’s agent where the square footage was significantly exaggerated. See, “The House That Shrank.” This post is about encountering a mismeasured home as a Listing agent, representing the seller. Background First, a stipulation: it doesn’t happen that often. I’d estimate the 90%...Read More
Out: Gaudy. In: Practical Hummer’s are out, BMW 3’s and 5’s are in. Auto’s, right? Those, too, but I was thinking about the housing market equivalent: well-built and updated homes with all the bells & whistles in high-demand Twin Cities neighborhoods like Tyrol (Golden Valley), Fern Hill (St. Louis Park), and Linden Hills (Southwest Minneapolis)....Read More
Foundation Size: 1,000 AbvGrdFinSqFt: 1,000 Total Fin SqFt: 1,000 Suffice to say that I was dubious when I saw the above stat’s on a new MLS listing this morning. It’s not often that a house actually measures to such a round number, and that the foundation size, above ground square feet, and...Read More
Too Much of a Good Thing If you were a 5′ 6″ man, would you try to pass yourself off as 5′ 9″? I wouldn’t condone it — but I’d at least understand it. But why would a 6′ 5″ man say he was 6′ 9″ — unless, perhaps, he was an NBA player? In...Read More
Wrong (Measurement) Numbers Who are you going to believe, me or your own lieing eyes? —New Yorker cartoon, showing husband in bed with another woman, to his spouse, standing in the doorway. Before discussing homes where the square footage is dramatically off — I’ll let you guess which direction — two caveats: One. It happens...Read More
